Brake-beam support and safety device



March 30,1926. 1,578,301

. E. T. WALKER BRAKE BEAM SUPPORT AND SAFETY DEVICE Filed Sept. 12', 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 [noemfar [diva/d [Mi/Ber 1-" W 7 WW6 March 30 1926. v I E. T. WALKER BRAKE BEAM SUPPORT AND SAFETY DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 12, 1 924 17 3 z/emiar 562mm! Mme;

Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

EDWARD T. WALKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR. TO CHICAGO RAILWAY EQUIPMENT COMPANYZOF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BRAKE-BEAM SUPPORT SAFETY DEVICE.

Application filed $eptember 12, 1924. Serial No. 737,252.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. WALKER, a. citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Brake-Beam Su ports and Safety Devices, of which the fol owing is a specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

I This invention relatesto new, and useful improvements in brake beam safety supports and safety devices, and the objects of the' invention are to provide a device; which is adapted to engage the oppositesides of the ends of a brake beam and guide the latter in its operative movements and prevent the tilting of the brake beam, thereby maintaining the brake shoes in proper alignment with the treads of the car wheels.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a safety support and guide for brake beams having a plurality of inclined track portions disposed above and below the respective ends of the brake beam and in sliding engagement therewith, whereby said brake beam is caused to maintain its predetermined position relative to its path of movement. 7 v t Stillfurther objects of the invention are to provide a safety device and guide for trussed brake beams having an upwardly inclined portion extending under the tension member thereof and forming a support and guide therefor and having an upwardly inclined portion disposed above and in sliding engagement with the brake beam compres sion member for preventing the undue upward movement of said compression member.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the preferred form of brake beam'gsupport and safety device, and showing the compression and tension members of the" brake beam 'in transverse cross section. 3

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of a modified form of the support and s'afety device. r t

Figure 3 is a transverse cross section taken .on lineS'3--3 of Figure q.

Figured is a side elevational view of another form of support and safety device,

Figure 5 is a transverse cross section on line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of a further'modified form'of support and safety device.

Figure 7 on line 77 of Figure 6.

Figures 8, 9 and 10 are side elevational' views ofstill further modified forms of supports and safety devices. p

Heretofore, the safety supports or bars were utilized to engagethe underside of the brake beam'forguiding' it in its movements and no provision has been made to use "the safety bar or support for slidably engaging the top of the compression member or the rear end-of the brake beam for guidingthe brake beam and preventing the tilting thereof.

In the preseninvention, a safety support is disclosed having a plurality of, incline-d taken is atransverse cross section taken tracks or portions, one of whichext ends 7 above and over the compression member;

or rear end of the brake'be'am and bears thereagainst so that said endis guided in its movements by said trackand the other one of said portions extends under the tension member of the brakebeam or the forward end thereof and forms a supporting trackvtherefor for guiding said end of the beam in its movements. T g The safety support or barmay be formed either in the shape ofa loop encircling the beam and'havingits ends secured to a part of 'a car truck, or said s'afety'support may be in "the form of a b'arsecured' to and eX- tending from said" truck part and provided with inclined portions for slidably engaging the respective ends of the beam.

Referringby numerals to the accompany-v ing drawings, 10 indicates a part of a car truck, suchas the'springplankyll 1s a c0n1- presslon memberand'12a tension member of the brake beam. Mare-brake heads supported on said beamand engaged by brake hangers 15' which form a pivotal mounting guide consis'tsfof'a bar l6 secured at 17 to the truck part 10 and extendin over. the beam and being then curved or'rebent downwardly as at, 18 and passing under the beam and havingits end 19 secured tothe under;

for said beam. TheL safety' support and compression; member and cgnidesqsaid. end; of the brakebeamunnts.operative;movements.

while the lower portion of the loop is provided with an inolineel portion whichforms a support for the tension member 12 and guides it in its movement.

In. Figures 2,. and, 3 a plate 24:- is secured by. rivets 251 to the flange or side oi' the spring plank; 10 anddetachabIy seated 111 a aperture formed in ;the upper end"of sa1d plate is, the-shoulrleined'f end 2610f a looped" barflTwhich; enci'reles the brake beam" and has its opposite end providedfi'with a tubular formation. 28 whi h. is adapte h lo k it to the tubular lower end'ofi plate 24;by a remoyable'pin29L I V In the form shown l'nliigu es; and f, her

7 30 is se'curedto the undersid lfi h fipr i g plank; and extends. t er from" under the beamand;tunnsupwardly and 1s rebent'rearwardly over the; beamiandfits, end, v1's bent downwardly to. fitfagainst'the inner face; of the flange or. sideiof 'tlie'sprin'g plank-Yeas shown i'ili. Figure t'. 1 A transyerslydi'se posed, seat or, jpg 1 31' is formed? in said bar adj aeentntlo' saidendfal d" S id seat" s pt ed to receive the horizontally disposedpom tion, of an inverted U-shaped memberior I bolt 32} the ends-iof'f'which; aresecured by means, of: nuts 34 toa plate Zia-which; lies agai'nstland. tliansyersely ofthe lower, halfo'f the, safety bar. tightening the nuts 34'; thewloop, or bar is rigidly 'clampeddn position onthespring plank; 'An upwardly inclined portion 3O is formed in said bar and bears against, the top, of the 3 compression member and. .guides it'duribg t e vement o the beamf vAn upwardly, inclined trackv 30 is formed in the lower portion of bar30" and forms a: track. orsupportj for the' tension member, of theldl'iake beam;

The iorin shown in Figures :6. and 7" is Sim-name. the v preceding form but instead of providing;thenpperrend of thebar'EiG with a. rebend', :saijdlend' overliesrthe flange of the springiplanlt-and a; plate 37 fits-over said end and hasa portion 37" extending outwardly. Qver saidbarfifi for reinforcing the same; This plate has, downwardly extending; legs: 37*, the ends, of which pass through. apertures,"formedfjinj a transverse member, 38, and are. secured' 'thereaga nst by wedges, 3Q .whifili, whenw forced in position,

draw down on theenrlgof lthe; bar and' l 0ck it tortlie spring; plank; The long tudina ly disposed portions t of said! bar are inclined upwardly .and iforwardly as indicated at 36* and 36TTandf0rm guides for the compression and; tension. members; respectively- The portion. 37 which is formediby c ttingq legs 37 is bent outwardly and'i's disposed the foliowingrforms', ,trThQ- ilQ L' membe are i not rebent rearwardly but are left open.

In Figure 8- a ta aok member 4.0 is secured to the underside of the spring plank and extends ui'ider'thebeam and the extreme portion of said bar is inclined upwardly as in.-.v dicated:v at 40 and forms-a. track and support for. the tension member of the'brake beam. A bar 41' issecured to the-upper sideof the spring plan-k and" is bent upwardly and then outwardly to vterm: an upwardly inclined track 41: which bears' against the; top of'the compression. member and; prevents undue upward movement thereofj In Figure 9 a rigidblar-l2 is fixed tothe spring plank and extends under the brake.

beam and secured-to said'bar-is a bar; 441" one sion memberofthe brake beam and term an v inclined track 45' while the opposite endtc'it saidbaris bent upwardly and rearwardly;

to .form a rearwardly and:downwardlyiex} tending track, 4'6 which engages-the top of,

the compression, 111ember-and$ guides the same.

In the form' shown in Fi' g'ure1O, rigid safety .bar His secured, to thefunderside of thespring plank and extends; underthe compression member of the 'bra k'ebe'anlffon supportingsaid member in case-the brake beam mountings e111 and' a track memberMlS is secured to the upper sidieof' the spring planlrand i's bent'toprovidean upw-ardly inclined track 49 which eXte1ids-oye rthe compression member ofthebrake beam and is sli'dingl'y engaged therebyand, isthen' bent downwardly and forwardly to-jforn a track 50" for support-ingand"- guiding the tension member of theibrakle beam. j A- support andsafety I device of my iine proved construction may begnsedeither as a founthe'rpoint' support or as athird point support-for brake beams l I a It will be readily understood that various changes in the construction; andF'arrangeinents vor" parts of" my"dev-ice can be made and substituted forthose herein shown and described, Without;departing; from-the spirit of my invention. 1

I vclaim:

'1. A safetysupport and guide fol-brake beams adaptedto be secured to a cartruok part and havin ajpl'urality of track )ortions for engagin tlie opposite sides of tie compression. an tension'inembers'iofsaid beam and guidingthe latter in itsoperatiyennovements'. 2. A safety support and uide forbr'alie beams adapted tofbelsecure, to a, parent a car truck and having two" upwardl'y incliiied top of the compression'member of said brake beam and a lower inclined portion extending under and in sliding engagement with. the tension member of said brake beam.

5. A safety bar and guide for brake beams having upwardly inclined portions adapted to be disposed above and below a brake beam and in sliding engagement therewith at spaced and oppositely disposed points for maintaining said beam and parts associated therewith in proper operative position.

6. In a brake gear for railway cars, the

combination of a bar secured to a car truck and carrying a plurality of inclined track portions arranged at different-horizontal planes relative to each other for slidably engaging abrake beam at spaced and oppositely disposed points.

'7. In a brake gear for railway cars, the combination of a bar secured to a truck part, a plurality of resilient upwardly inclined track portions on said bar, said track portions being arranged, respectively, above and below the compression and tension memnation of a plurality of inclined track portions disposed, respectively, above and below the compression and tension members of a brake beam, and means for securing said track portions in position. I

9. In a car truck construction, the combination with a. part of a car truck, of a plu-.

rality of upwardly inclined resilient track portions disposed, respectively, above and I below a brake beam and in engagement therewith at spaced and oppositely disposed points, and means for securing said track portions to said truck part.

10. A brake beam guide comprising a bar adapted to besecured to a truck part and having a forwardly and npwardly inclined track portion arranged to be disposed above and in sliding engagement with a part of a brake beam, said track portion being inclined upwardly to permit swinging movement of said brake beam in the arc of a circle.

11. A brake beam guide comprising a bar adapted to be secured to a part of a car truck and having a track portion inclined forwardly and upwardly above the compression member of a trussed brake beam and slidably engaged by same for permitting swinging movement of said brake beam and preventing undue upward movement thereof.

12. A brake beam safety support and guide comprising in combination a bar adapted to be secured to a truck part and extending under the brake beam and a fixed and upwardly inclined portion overlying said beam and in sliding contact therewith for guiding'said beam during. its swinging movements about a definite axis.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature this 5th day of September, 1924.

EDWARD T. WALKER. 

